The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1906, Page 13

NCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1906 UNUSUAL SABBATH SCENE < ON TRANS Longshoremen Loading Cargo on the-Thomas. Rush Is by Early Sailing of Vessel. PSSR Ship Will Carry Big| Load of Commis- sary Stores. dock wa is, gang ding the great cargo carry of do t appr In imperative medorp st g Crew Play “Possum. Takes Morning Swim. n the Korea Hay Big Crowd on Frisbie. vie PSS Sierra Due Today. Steamship Company’s steager day from Sydney, via s Sall Thursday. Wil fic Msfi Steamship rea will sall for Hongkong, via Yokohamwa, Kobe, Nagasaki and gha! on 5 onsmn i SRS Amiral Magom Docks. . side of Pacific-street whart, i SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. + ARPIVED. Saturday, March Underwood, 18 March hours Lewers, Sunday, r Breakwater, Johnson, 3§ tsen, 13 hours do, Lundquist, G4 hours Hansen, r Santa Cruz, n P rbara ames § Higgins, Stmr Aberdeen ro, Anfindsen, 35 Higgins, eky, 37 Beck, 5. ta- Paula. Pille, tow of tug Sea King: up river SAILED. Sunday. March 18. Martin, San Pedro. n sa, Alexander, San Diego. t nita, Alberts, San Pedro. £ r Jennte, Esser, Kodiak via Kussiloff. r Columbia, Doran, Astoria. Whitesboro, Winkel, Point Arena. nado, Lupdquist, San Pedro. cwshcy, Johnson, Delmar Landing. v Sesoktris, Groat, Victoria. Stmr Olymyic, Hapsen, Grays Harbor. Stmr Mackinaw, Meany. Tacoma, Stmy Sen Pedro, Anfindsen, Grays Harbor, orwood, Busy | Occasioned unusugl long- tran: to Manila. te out of the the cabin yes appeared back to the Pa- is ‘scheduled to arrive Yokobama and Company’s ip Amiral Magon, which arrived s oo docked yesterdey st the from from from bound eouth; put.im to land 40 hours from San Hall, 10 hours from Mon- hours from 48 hours Ahistrom, 48 hours from ridgett, 28 hours from Port houre from , Donaldson, 47 hours from San , Anderson, 9 bours from Mon- 11 ‘hours from Sam Vi- hours from Bark Levi G Burgess; Lundgren, Bellingham. Schir 1ds A, Campbell, Bodega. Schr Sentiago, Anderson, wug Dauntlesss. | TELEGRAPHIC. elou A Sena wind souts: velocity DOMESTIC PO from Astoria YRIA-—Salled r_for San Francisco. POINT LOBOS—Passed Mar 18, §:30 a m— San Pedro. Sumr Lakme, rom Eureka for Monterey, in tow POINT LOBOS, March 18, 10 p m—Weather 12 miles per hour. RTS. RT GAMPBLE—Arrived Mzr 18—PBr ®hip Mer 18—Br stmr Ilford, nine: ptrars Johan Paulsen, Redondo and PORT DOCK. { last | tire coast and over the northern portion of the vada Snow kas also fallen over Northern | h and Wyoming. Cold weather pre s over the entire coun- try west Rocky Mountalns avorable for showers in A;u Caltfornia and snow in Nevada ic \ THE COAST RECORD. E g 2 7 23 2% g o s 4 5 S FouE z 58 EB™ § g & s £ : 3 h £ 3 : zoq 2 | Baker Cloudy .00 42 I & > - -+ . ‘Weather Report. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, March 18—5 p. m. The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date as compared with those of same date seeson and rainfall in last twenty-four hours: Last hours. Thi Stations— San Jose . Fresno Independence Lute Obispo 0.00 Angeles 0.00 65 San Diezo L. 0.00 v 18.28 A storm has appeared off the Washington coast, causing cloudy weather along the en- Rain has fallen along the northward and snow piateau region. coast from Point over the interfor of Oregon and Northern Ne- Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy . Clear .0 Los An light west Cloudy Monday, prob- th winds. Cloudy Monday; light | 2 portion, falr south | y; fresh south winds. t ow Monday. G. H. WILLSON, Local Forecaster. - = SEATTLE—Arrived Mar 18—Stmr Oregon, | Seward G—Arrived Mar 18—Stmr Na- nal City ce Mar 17. | SAN PEDRC >—Arrived Mar 18—Schr Mil- dred, from Everett Sailed Mar 18 Luzon, for Puget stmr Del for San Franeisco, r1C —Arrived Mar 18— an Pedro. Mar 18—Schr Hugh —Sailed. Mar 18—Stmre of California, for San W—Sailed Mar 18—Stmr Ha- D—Arrived Callao Mar 18—Ger Ger bark Flottbek, for Arrived Mar 18—Schr Lottie | San Pedro; stmr Alllance, from | 18—Stmr Roancke, for San Fran- Arrived Mar 18—Stmr Mel- from Seattle; stmr Newburg, | N_DI Arrived Mar 18—U S stmr flugh McCull hence Nar 16, | Sailed’ Mar 18—Stmr Del Norte, for San Pedro. TATOOSH—Passed in Mar 18—Stmr Queen, | hence Mar 16 for oc from San Francisco via Philadelphia; | om Liverpool and Queenstown: | Southampton and_Cher- from Liverpool and insular, trom Lisbon vis | Mar 18—Stmr Gneisenau, for Bremen | fax Arrived HAVR Gasgogne. 18, New York 11 a m—Stmr La from Mar York Jaf Saifled Mar 1 York 18—Stmr Ara- on cruise. Stmr Crelc, from Salled Mar 18—Stmt Bohe- Mar 1S—Stmr Ryndam, ew York. d Mar rdam RDAM— 18 tmr Graf UE 'N—Satled Mar 18—Stmr Cam- pania, from Liverpool for New York. Bty Movements of Steamers. TO ARRIVE. Steamer, From. Due. Sea Foam ar. 19 .| Humboldt . ar. 19 Coquille River .. Mar. 19 Crescent City |Mar. 19 Portland & Astoria. ... Mar. 19 San Pedro . J 18 -.| San Diego & Way Pts.|Mar. 19 .-.| San Pedro & Wa! Mar. 19 .| Seattle . ar. 19 | = y W ar. 18 Portland & Way Ports . 19 Grays Harbor . ar. 19 China & Japan {Mar. 1y | San Pedro {Mar. 10 Centralia San Pedro 218 | Northland San Pedro 20 North Fork.. | Humboldt . 20 Senator. | Portland & Astorl Corona | Humboldt 20 | Wellington_ . .| Oyster Harbor . 1 Nome City... | San Pedro . ar, 21 Newport New York via Ancon..|Mar. 21 South Bay..| Grays Harbor % Vanguard....| 8an Pedro .. Mar. 21 Portland & Astoria....|Mar. 21 | Coos Bay & Pt. Orford.|Mar. 22 | Point Arena & Albion.(Mar. 22 .| San Diego & Way Ports|Mar. 22 . 22 . 22 - 23 . 23 23 Grays Harbor ... 25 Portland & Astor 25 26 26 | 27 Mexican Ports ... - 28 New York via Ancon.. Mar. 28 TO SAIL. Steamer. Destination. Salle.| Pler. H }Wm)l STarvor | | omer..... | Willapa Harbor ...|12 8. Barbara. | Seattle direct . 4 Dx:'llil;’ll:: ; Pomona. ... | Humboldt . :30 ] Roanoke. Los 5 Centralia . 10 Eureka. \Pier § Rainfer. Pler 10 Northland 5-pm|Pler 27 Breakwate: 5 pm|Pler 8 Nome City. 3 pm|Pier 18 C. 20 20 27 27 City Topeka k4 Sea Foam. . 2 Arctic. 3 2 State of Cal.| San Diego & Way.| § am|Pler 11 Korea......| China & Japan....| 1 pm|Pler 40 Hopo. & Kahuiui. |12 “m(Pier 23 ... 4 pm(Pler 20 am -| 8 am M. F. Plant.| Coos Ba; 1: mP ¥ J Ly -| 4 pm|Pler 11 ..| Pt. Arépa & Alblon| 6 pm Pler Am. Magon.| Havre & Way Pts.|...... March 26. Umatilla. .. | Puget soundul’omu am F. Kilburn-| Portland & Way . Sierra......| Sydney & Way Pts| 2 pm|Pler 7 | rors. | at | wag. ISk PROTECTION FOR THE COST Owners of the Valencia Sug- cest Lights and Beacons for the Dangerous Points MASTERS MAKE REPORTS Skippers of Vessels Tell What Is Needed to Prevent the Loss of Life by Wrecks i T S EEA I SEATTLE, March 18.—The Railway and Marine News of this city says that the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, which owned and operated the steam- ship Valencia, wrecked near Cape Beal last January, with great loss of life, has prepared a set of recommendations to be presented to the Department of Commerce and Labor relative to addi- tional protection on the Pacific Coast. These recommendations were made by the masters of the company's ships engaged in coast traffic. They are: BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO*AND PUGET SOUND: The whistle now located .on Tatoosh Island is not sufficiently strong for the se. A stronger and more ' satisfactory fog whistle | should be placed at that point and it should be blown at all times when there is the slightest sign of fog, rain or smow. On account of the | heavy fog and extremely misty weather exist- ent around Tatcosh Island for the greater part of the vear it is suggested by our masters that the present light be changed to an electric light throwing a perpendicular ray. A lightship with fog signal and all the latest equipment should be located on Swiftsure Bank. A light and fog signal should be established on Carroll Island. Alight and fog signal should be established on Point Gordo. It_is recommended that, the fixed light now on Point Arena be changed to a flash light. The reasons given for this change are that on account of the numerous electric lights in the nelghborhood of Point Arena there is great danger of a mistake being made. During the summer there are numerous forest fires in this- vicinity, which add to the possibilities of er- With a flash light there could be no reason for a mistake being made. It is suggested that a lightship and fog sig- nal off Orford Reef would be of material ben- efit to vessels passing up and down the g¢oast off Cape Blanco. In this case the lighthouse can be dispensed with. BETTER SOUNDINGS. A very important suggestion by our masters is that more and better soundings should be made from Point Arena. to Cape Flattery, and on the coast off Vancouver Island. BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN DIEGO. Point Piedras Plancas—We recommend a {og signal to be established at this point. (We note in the list of “lights, buoys and daymarks on the Pactfic Coast of the United States” that & steam fog signal is to be established -at this station.) . Santa Cruz—A fog signal should be estab- lished at Santa Cruz. Monterey—A fog. signal should be established at Point nos, south side of Monterey Bay. Santa Barbara—A fog signal should be es- tablished at Santa Barbara in place of the ‘whistlingz buoy Point Hueneme—A fog. signal should be placed at Point Hueneme to replace .the whis- tling buoy. Point Vincent—A fog signal is recommended for Point Vincent. Some of our masters rec- | ommended a_lighthouse also be established at this point. Our superintendent, however, states that a fog signal should be either at Point Vincent or Point Firman. He recommends Point Vincent, as when the breakwater at San Pedro is finished it will be necessary to have a light and fog signal at the end of the break- water. The question of the best means of pro- téction can be determined by the Lighthouse Board, as it no doubt has access to the plans of the Government in relation to. San Pedro harbor. East End Anacapa Island—A light and fog signal is_recommended for - this point. Point Loma—It is suggested that a fog signal be established at Point Loma. > : Catalina Island—It is suggested that a light station be established at the east end of Cata- | lina_Isiand. San Miguel—It is recommended that a light station be established on San Miguel Island. The above suggestions should be considered in preference to any made covering points be- tween San Francisco and San Diego. The | Southern California coast is better protected than the northern coast, although less danger- us and not having the same amount of traffic eouth from San Francisco. LINEMAN FOR NEAH BAY. 1t is euggested that a lineman be stationed at Neah Bay and one at FPort Crescent to look after the Government telegraph line. We un- derstand that at the present time the operator Neah Bay also acts as lineman, and the same rule probably applies at Port Crescent. Ehould it be necessary to -have quick action and the operator be #way from his station, on duty as lineman, the loss o time might result seriously, 18 is recommended that a life-saving crew, with the necessary apperatus, be established at Neah Bay, and another life-saving crew, with the necessary apparatus, be stationed at some convenlent point between Tatoosh Island and Grays Harbor, preferably on Destruction Isi- and. 1t is recommended that necessary telegraphic communication be established between the va- | rious -points o that in case of accident the lite-saving crews can be notified. It would be useless placing a lifeboat at elther point unless it is a self-propelling life- boat, or tugs were arranged for at the same time. —————— Try the United States Laundry. 1004 Market street. Telephone South 420. * —_— ee———— The President as a Wag. Dean Shaler of Harvard University re- marked, in conversation with a friend not long ago, that he had discovered that President Roosevelt i8 something of a This rather surprising remark arouged the friend’s curiosity, and, after somd questioning, the dean was induced to explain. A few days before the election last No- | vember a member of the Cabinet met the dean in Boston, and as they parted the secretary inquired: ‘““What ghall I say to Theodore for you?' To this the dean, with his customary candor and vigor, replied: “‘Give him my regards and tell him I'll be &—4d if I'll vote for him.” He had entirely forgotten his message to the President, until a few days after the election, when ne received the fol- lowing note from the White House: “Dear Dean—Judging by the size of our majority, you must have changed your mind. T. R.”—Boston Herald. FROM SEATTLE. Steamer. Destinatlon, Salls. Santa Ana. Mar. 20 Cottags City. | Bk & Way Dorts. Mar. 56 ttage City. | Skagway ay. .[Mar. 24 Dirigo Skag & Way Pts..|Mar. 24 Edith. Valdez & Seward . 25 Oregon. ..... ) Valdez & *Seward.....(Mar. 25 Sun, Moon and Tide. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey— Time and Helght of High and Low Waters at Fort Polnt, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Publishéd by officlal authority of the superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about 25 minutes later than at Fort Point; the height of the tide is the same at both places. MONDAY, MARCH 19. fourth time column gives the last day, except when there are but sometimes occurs. addition to the sotundings of CAPITALISTS BUYING IN PROMISING MINES Movement in Nevada Properties Remains Brisk and Large Prices Are Made. Eastern Parties Acquire Gold Débosits in This State for Development. The control of the Manhattan Gold Hill Mining Company, just renamed the Stray Dog Manhattan Mining Company, has passed from Judge 8. E. Vermilyea of Goldfield to *H. A. McCornick of McCornick & Co., Salt Lake bankers, and associates, on a basis of $500,000 for the property. Judge Vermilyea owned 320,000 &hares, for which he re- celved 50 cents' each In cash. Larry Sullivan of Goldfleld’ owned 295,000 shares, and 190,000 of these were dis- posed of to McCornick -and associates at 50 cents, in order to give McCornick control. Vermilyea also sold McCornick and D H. Peery of Salt Lake the Indian Camp claim at Manhattan for $110,000 in cash. These two properties were the last and are believed to have been the best of the Vermilyea holdings. Ver- milyea is now credited with having cleaned up $800,000 on his early invest- ments in the district. C. R. Miller and Alonzo Tripp of the Tonopah Railroad have purchased for $109,000 two - claims in Manhattan known as the Jefferson and Pine Nut No. Oliver P. Posey and Willlam Bayley ot Denver, Los Angeles and Salt Lake have purchased a property in the vicinity of Gold Mill at Manhat- tan for $90,000. D. R. Peery has opened negotiations for the control of the Jumping Jack Manhattan Mining Com- pany. The Liberty-Pittsburg group of min- ing claims in the Masonic District in Mono County is reported to have sold to Denver people, by Dorsey, Phillips & Ryan, pioneers in the Masohic District. The group 1s operated under two leases. The sale is the most important that has taken place in the Masonic District. The parties keep the sale price secret. The mine holdings of Captain Curtz at Loope; Alpine County, which have been purchased by John E. Humphrey and others, brought $100,000 according o reports. WORK OF DEVELOPMENT. A new discovery that is well spoken of has been made in the old Chicago mine in Nevada County. Two shifts of men are run on development work. According to the New Hra the mines in and about Soulsbyville are all worked extensively. Soulsbyville 18, therefore, a lively town. The Black Hawk, Draper, Black Oak and Soulsby mines are run with large forces of men. At the Soulsby a station will be-cut in the Pennsylvania shaft.on the 500 foot level. The old workings will” be pumped out and the Pennsylvania and Davison shafts will be connected. The New Era reports that a contract has been placed for a 400 foot tunnel at the Paymaster mine in Tuolumne County and & bonus has been offered to spur the contractor to complete the tunnel within a given time. The working of Shady Creck, Nevada Cpunty, by, a, dredge process is likely to be undertaken by a well tinanced company. The immense wdyho( tail- ings deposited in_the cregl when sur- tage Pt hydraulic E;Eln?{u pursued contains large quantities of gold.. Op- erations will be resumed at the new shaft in the Cherokee and Badger Hill Company’s claims next month. The shaft will be sunk deeper. A new company has been incorporated under the laws of Arizona to operate the ‘Last Chance mine above Maybert, having taken the bond of Flemmng and Zemple. The directors are: James Fleming, president; O. G. Zemple, secre- tary and treasurer; A. Soldering, E. W. McOwen and H. M. Anderson. SEASON AT MOKELUMNE. A good season at Mokelumne Hill is expected. Experts have been examin- ing the old Ksperanza mine, better known as the Boston. The water has been pumped out and the way made clear for a thorough inspection of the property. The mine has been very lit- tle prospected, although the main shaft is down 1000 feet.. Little drifting has been done to determine the extent or value of ore bodfes. The local under- standing is that the entire mine will soon be worked on a large scale. The Easy ' Bird mine is operated. The Mason-Thayer mining properties on Canyon Creek, Shasta County, have been sold to a company organized under the laws of Arizora to be known as the Mason Thayer Company, capitalized at $1,200,000. A new town:has been speedily created in Nevada. The Goldfield Sun supplies the following particulars: The town of Gold Crater has moved. Where stood last week a cluster of tents and small frame buildings, today nothing remains but heaps of empty bottles and piles of tin cans, The good citizens have moved bag and bag- gage to the newly organized townsite, three- quarters of a'mile to the east, where is to be bullt the Gold Crater quartz mill. There are many berefits to be derived by making the move, particularly the nearness to water, all of which-the’A: W. Hobson Com- pany has bought for the Purpose of running its mill. One well down 110 feet ‘has elghteen feet of water at the bottom and it is gener- ally understood by deeper Sinking and a sys- tem of cross-cuts a plennl:x.lm;?pu can be de- veloped to furnish many st s Nme iae Som the new townsite where the wells are located are all ‘the indications of an old river bed and stranger still are th of ancient hieroglypics carved into the stones and cliffs by a prehistoric race who undoubt- edly lived at an age many thousands of years ago when a river flowed through the land. State Mineralogist Aubury has prepared a leaflet for general circulation containing the text of the law adopted by’ the Call- fornia Legislature at its last session to discourage mining fakers. Notice 1s given of the following provisions: Any superintendent, director, Secretary, man- ager_ agent, or other officer, \Of any corpora— tion ‘formed or existing under the laws of this State, or transacting business In the same, and ny person pretending or holding himself out such superintendent, director, secretary, manager, agent or other officer, who shall wilitully subscribe, sign, indorse, verify, or otherwise assent to the publication, either gen- erally or privately, to the stockholders or other persons dealing with such corporation or its stock, any untrue or willfully and fraudu- lently exaggerated report, prospectus, account, statement, of operations, values, ness, profits, expenditures or prospects, or other paper or document intended to produce or give, or having a tendency to or give, to the res of stock in such cnmr;:lton v:‘ greater value or less apparent or- marl ue than they really possess, or Wwith the intention of defrauding any particular person &r or sand dollars, or by both. . EVENTS AT MANHATTAN., A correspdndent writes from Manhattan that the camp continués to “grow like a mi ’’; .that a .dozen new ghipping mines have been added to the list; that one group of clajms has been. sold for $200,000; that new and rich ore bodies have been’ uncovered; and that the daily ship- ments have increased 2 per cent. In part the communication is as follows: 5 m-ukmbunon-l’-nmluwimu- of all who are not on ang see. : Instead of decreasing after the first blush of excitement Manhattan is getting bigger and richer every day. It,is advancing with such rapld strides that it is growing out of its clothes. The first bulldings put up In the town are too small. The Pine Nut group of claims was sald to a syndicate headed by C. D. Porter of San Francisco, F. M. Benedict of Cripple Creek and Pat O'Brien, who recently sued Bob Mont- gomery for a quarter interest in the Mon gomery-Shoshone. The orlginal locators r cef ,000 for their ground. The deal represents the highest cash price pald for & Manhattan property. Up to two weeks ago the purchase of the Jumping Jack ground was the highwater mark. The company which purchased the Pine Nut property is perfecting its plans to commence development. e Stray Dog is easily the largest shipper in khe camp and has been regarded from the first as the ‘‘Jumbo’ of Manhattan. Weekly shipments of from fifteen to thirty tons of ore which averages between $400 and $700 to the ton are being made with regularity. On the Manhattan Cowboy, Manhattan Whale, Seyler-Humphrey, Combination, Mus- tang, ‘Broncho, Chipmunk, Wonder, Annie Laurfe, Mayfiower and Big Pine properties day and night shifts are working and bodles of high grade milling ore are being rapidly opened up. All surmises regarding the full scope of the decree in Mexico to regulate the de- nouncements of mines by foreigners are put to rest by official instructions from the secretary of President Diaz as fol- lows: Department of Fomento, Third Section, No. 24,345: Owing to complaints having been made by some forelgners to whom titles have been granted to exploit mines in the state of Sonore and the northern district of Lower Califorzia that they. do not enjoy security and protection to work their properties, and having slandered the' respective authorities in_that they do not extend them protection, the Presi- dent of the republic has ordered that for the present, and until orders, there shall not be admitted in. the mining agencies of the state and district applications to acquire mines that may be presented by foreigners. This 1 communicate to you to the end that you do not admit any application whatsoever presented by foreigners for mines within the jurisdiction of your agency: at the same time you must suspend further action on all appli- cations that come within this ruling. Yo must acknowledge receipt of the present communication and advise that you have in- formed yourself of the same for its immediate compliance. You must transmit to this de- partment a detalled statement of all plica- tions refused by you, a€ weil as those that you suspend which come under this ruling. e e RULES FOR SPELLING FILIPINO NAMES Much Opposition Develops Against Regular Ways for Some of Them. Through the department of public in- struction the general superintendent of education of Manila has issued an official list of Filipino baptismal names. To pre- pare this list conferences of imported American educators, Filipino etymolo- gists and erudite etclesiastics were requi- sitlioned. A special encyclical is needed to teach the Filipino boy how to spell his name. In America there are prejudices in favor of conventional and time-honored meth- ods of spelling baptismal names, the practice of one's ancestors lending a cer- tain canonized rigidity to orthographic detafls, In Manila and the tropic is- lands of the group a luxuriant individu- alism prevails. No child of Moro, Hi- the ground to hear dalgo or head-hunting aborigine, Hfting’ his head with a coronet of name and an- swering to the ery of Victoriano, Wist- remundo, Temistocles or Leodegario, would condescend to be entrammeled by the tyrannical bonds of a prescribed spelling of his own independent name. “H” has In the native languages the same value as “g” before “e” and “i" and no honest Filipino would tolerate any dictum that “f”" before all vowels has any intringic difference from the same accommodating “h.” “Why should my name, which I chose to spell Seminiano, or, if I please, Je- miniano, be autocratically printed Ge- mi.iano?” asks the Filipino. My cous- in writes himself Aleho, and no foreign school teacher shall have power to make him sign Alejo.” The Superintendent of Education issues the list of Philippine baptismal names for the guidance of teachers and the regula- tion of the register. He finds through his assistants and teachers great difficulty in enforcing uniformity in this matter, and the governmental division of Ambos Camarines was - roused to effort. The Filipino teacher is careless or loyal, as you look at it. No proper name in the Philippines is assured a constitutional in- tegrity. A thorough investigation has been inaugurated. As many as 25000 names have been forcibly extracted from the official registers of Ellis Cromwell, chief deputy collector of the department of assessments and collections, from the tax lists and from the school registers. These names have been subjected to rigid and categorical inquiry, and only 1400, taken in large part from religious calen- dars, have been deemed literally pure and accredited. The necessity for such a list as this is certainly apparent to any one who has had the task of properly enyolling pupils in a school. That the rolls may be regu- lar all romanticism and originality in the emancipated Filipino has been rigorously expunged. The recommendation of E. E. Schneider has been taken up and the re- vision of names has been performed by Emerson Christie. No more shall “b” and “p"” masquerade as “v” and “1.” “Bibencia” must, how- ever mutinous she may feel, answer to “Vivencia,” and “Pilemon” must sign himself “Filemon.” The cockney habit of dropping the “h” is not to be allowed. Eladio is legally Hiladlo, and any inde- pendence on his part will prevent pay- ment of salary. “Cenon” must go to the foot of the class as “Zinon,” and “Zofro- nio” ascend the alphabetical scale as “So- fronio.” ‘While the compiler hopes that the com- pilation of the list may make teachers able to interpret proffered names into academic equivalents, it has been feared by some that this intrusion into family. gpelling may have a deleterious influence upon the gro of that spirit of liberty which it is the t duty of our American teachers to instill into the heart of the embryo citizen. ————— How Mark Twain Saved. Mark Twain in his earlier days aid not enjoy the prosperity which came later in his career. In a conversation with Will- jam Dean Howells on one occasion the broached by the humorist. = . "My ulties taught me some thrift,” he obse! . “But I never knew whether it was wiser to spend my last nickel for a clgar to smoke or for an apple to devour.” “I am astounded,” observed Mr. How- ells, “that a person of so little decision should meet with so much worldly suc- cess. Mark Twain nodded very gravely. T on abo oney,” he couldn’t declde er.% buy with my last nickel I kept it S0 became rich.”—Suc- cess. > % —_——————————— The increase of Christians in Japan the 1904 was about 10 per Roman church me with a about 450,000 3 154,000 of 1Says Whole Power of Union durfll{ ye c-nt. In round numbers the Christians | | of Ji “Catholic LONDON TALKS 0N SOCIALISM /ill Be Needed to Ex- ecute Miners of Boise TELLS OF CALLOUS EAST Speaker Asserts That Obser- vations Show Desperate Conditions in New York OAKLAND, March 18.—Jack Lon- don’s lecture on socialism at the Dietz Opera-house tonight was entitled “The Rising- ™de of Revolution.” During his address he spoke bitterly against the conviction of men alleged to have been implicated In the unlawful con- duct regarding mines at Boise. Sud- denly he said: , “If Moyer and Haywood are found gullty on no more evidence than th: which convicted the Haymarket mar- tyrs, it will take the whole United States army to execute the judgment.” Continuing the speaker said in part: “The Sociallsts are the only organ- ized body that has declared against | war—no church as a church organiza- tion, nor any pelitical party, save the Socialists, has openly declared against warfare, yet there is no class of men who would fight more readily, if driven to it, than the Socialists.” London divided his time between an- ecdotes of himself and denunclations of what he termed the “capitalist class.” A large part of the two hours and a half he talked was devoted to repudiating a statement that he had, in a speech at Stockton, damned | the constitution, the United States. He declared that he had merely quoted Lloyd Garrison, who had, he said, used the term fifty years ago and said that | Wendell Phillips had used a stronger | term. London said: Socialism is not a return to natpre, as one man with the snarl of the hungry wolt on the frozen plains of Alaska once said to me. It is the very opposite; it is the highest form of ctvilization. In the East I met Tom Lawson, who has been a master mind for thirty-seven years on Wall street. But Lawson does not iook at things the way we do. Lawson ad- mitted to ‘me that. the people of New York were calloused. That was what struek me most—the utter callousness of the le. They arc inhuman. And I found throughout the East that religion among the working class is passing away, owing to the greed and creed of the capitall ses have come to Wor- ship business, and patriotic _gods. Some of these gods are being smashed. Depew as a’political god has been shattered. But there has come a time when justice must be considered, as in the case of Moyer and Hay- waod, who have been taken to Boi —_—— DURANGO TRON MOUNTAIN ONE GREAT MASS OF ORE Estimated to Contain More Than 600,000,000 Tons of Best Steel- Making Ore. One of the greatest natural curiosities in Mexico is a big hill consisting of a solid mass of fron ore. It stands beside the railroad track, near the station in the city of Durango, in the central part of the republic. Nothing just like it is known elsewhere, except in North Sweden, where there is another hill of iron ore, which | the miners are beginning to tear down to feed the smelters that have just been built around it. _The Durangg hill is simply a tremendous lump of iron &re about 'a mile in length, nearly 2000 feet wide and rising above the rick-strewn plain around it from 400 to 650 feet. ‘When Humboldt visited Mexico in 1803 he did not see the hill, but mples of the iron mass were shown him, and from them he deduced the erroneous conclu- sion that the pleces came from a colossal aerolite the largest on record. Geologists say that some time or other a big opening was made in the earth's crust and that this enormous mass of ore was thrust up through the rift and piled high above the surrounding plain. That is to say, the iron hill is one of the dikes that are supposed to be the result of earthquake action. Cracks or fissures have opened from the surface deep into the earth and through these fissures mol- ten matter has been forced to the outer air, where it has hardended Into rock. So the Durango hill was formed by the same process that made the palisades along the Hudson. The ore is hematite, and one of the richest iron in the world. The: best ores in England contain 57 per cent iron; Lake Superior ores contain from 59 to 65 per cent pure iron, and the Durango hill is from 60 to 67 per cent pure, more than three-fifths of this mass, which is calculated to weigh over 600,- 000,000 tons, being iron of the best steel- making quality. This is only part of the mass that ap- pears above the surface. No one knows how deep it may penetrate into the earth. It will require a very long time to level the Durango hill with the surrounding surface, but that fate will overtake it some day. An American company is now picking away at it, and the plant it is building is such as is seldom seen in any “terey, part of the world. They are not only smelting the ore, but have also erected shops and factorfes, in which they are making stoves, nails, bar jron and even steam engines and hoisting machines. They say they are going to erect a steel plant, and perhaps some day they will be - turning out . scissors and knives. It is rare, indeed, that the finest jron and steel products are turned out within a stone’s throw of the place where the raw Iron is obtained.—Mexican Her- ald. ———— SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 17, 1006— proposals, In triplicate, will be re- here, and at olme-“ of ermasters, S April and then opened, for furnishing, during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1908, wood and coal for and of Monterey, and fuel ofl for Fort Rosecrans, Cal.; also at fame time, at this office only, for Wood and Island, Fort Baker, Benicla Tarracks. 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